Crunchyroll to Simulcast Fantasista Doll Anime for Summer 2013

Jul 4th 2013

The leading online Asian entertainment stream service adds the anime series Fantasista Doll to
its summer lineup.

San Francisco, Calif. (July 3, 2013) – Crunchyroll, Inc., has acquired the anime series
Fantasista Doll as part of its summer simulcasts, and is set to broadcast every Sunday starting on
July 7, at 11:30a.m. Pacific Time for its premium members, with free members able to watch one
week later. More information can be found on www.crunchyroll.com/fantasista.

Fantasista Doll will be available to Crunchyroll's audience in the following territories: USA,
Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Fantasista Doll revolves around an ordinary junior high school girl, Uzume Uno, whose destiny
changes one day when she comes across mysterious cards containing dolls with special abilities.
Executing a contract with the dolls and becoming the “Card Master,” Uzume soon finds herself
fighting not just for her town, but to save the whole world! Fighting by combining various
weapons, costumes, and special event cards together, can Uzume save the world, as well as her
own life?

Helmed by producer Goro Taniguchi of Code Geass fame, Fantasista Doll is an original
property from Fantasistadoll Project, and is being directed by Hisashi Saito, whose also directed
Haganai, and character designs by Hiromi Kato from Guilty Crown adapting the original art
from Anmi. Newcomer voice actress Ayaka Ohashi stars as main character Uzume, but she
already has a number of main roles under her belt, including Ran Shibuki from Aikatsu!, Fleur
Blanc from Eureka Seven AO, Dokidoki! Precure's Lance, and Ringo Nishijima from Mangirl!

Crunchyroll premium members have access to a large selection of anime and drama, sameday access for simulcast titles, no advertisements and can stream in up to 1080p quality on
select titles. More information about the Crunchyroll membership plan can be found at: http://www.crunchyroll.com/freetrial/

About Crunchyroll, Inc.

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website, Crunchyroll delivers over 25,000 episodes and 15,000 hours of officially-licensed
content from leading Asian media producers direct to viewers translated professionally in
multiple languages within minutes of TV broadcast.

Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, and is a member of the
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Association (LIMA). Officially launched in 2009, Crunchyroll is funded by leading venture
capital firm, Venrock, Japanese entertainment giant TV TOKYO, digital publishing leader
Bitway and a group of angel investors representing some of the brightest and most successful
entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com.

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